Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.38 · Chapter 38. EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS
EVIDENCE RELATING TO RETAINING ATTORNEY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Evidence that a person has contacted or retained an attorney is not admissible on the issue of whether the person committed a criminal offense. In a criminal case, neither the judge nor the attorney representing the state may comment on the fact that the defendant has contacted or retained an attorney in the case.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 49, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.38.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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